Week Thirty

When I walked into to the Elijah Choir practice my first time they asked me what part I sing and I said, "No idea."  So they just stuck me with the baritones.  I sang a bunch of music for our Monday Morning Devotional Pioneer Day Special.  And I forgot what song I'm working on now.

Here's another kitten sighting: 

Well tell dad that the concert (Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day Concert) is great despite Lindsey Stirling if you haven't already watched it.  And if you haven't it's available online on the Motab's site.  I told Elder Davis that I'd be willing to become a dancing kazooist and prance around the stage while using a kazoo. Hopefully they don't take me seriously and make me do that for a Hail and Farewell or something.

Elder Call's mission ended last Friday and he went home so I'm currently companionless.  They're having me bunk in another elder who went home's vacant bed because his companion is currently companionless as well.  But they still let me go back to my apartment to eat and get dressed and whatever.  I'm moving into my new (and maybe permanent apartment for the rest of the mission) tomorrow.  Last Wednesday we got the new moving sheets for August and that's when I found out that my new companion was going to be a new elder coming in for the month of August.  I'm going to be a trainer!  I don't know anything about him yet because unfortunately I don't learn all that stuff until tonight at 6.  But I do know that his name is Elder Seitz.  Elder Tabor is going to be living with me and he'll be training too.  So it will be two seasoned elders living with two new elders.

On Wednesday we watched the parade (well I didn't because I hate parades but then I found out that I was supposed to go especially since I'm a district leader and need to set an example so whoops) then we had a cookout, then we hiked to Ensign Peak.  I got a ton of pictures of all of that so I think I'll just attach them in a folder and send them over.  But here's a couple of choice ones:

Yes, I love my tanline too.

 

Thanks for all the mail and pictures and e-mails and horses and whatever you guys sent me.  I read them all and enjoyed it.  I think I need to stress that as a district leader, I really like preparing lessons because I like to teach.  And according to everyone else I'm actually a really good teacher which is good.  The only hard part about it is being a leader and example to the other elders, especially the ones who need correcting.  But thank you for all the prayers and feelings in my behalf.


And in case anyone is confused, I've found out a lot of family history stuff on my own and seem to know a lot more than you guys.  Like I said before I've posted a lot of stories and pictures on familysearch that you can look at.  Also don't send me checks because I just found out that there's no way I can cash those around here except at Walmart.  And if I do it at Walmart they have to put it on a Walmart shopping like card that I'm weary of getting because I'm afraid additional fees may come later or something.  

It's been a big week and the next one will be bigger, so I'll talk to you then.

Love, Elder Larson